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Gaza

An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City Aug. 3, 2014.

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Gaza

Palestinians try to evacuate a wounded boy from under the rubble of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike that killed at least nine members from the al-Ghol family, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Aug. 3, 2014. As of Friday, the boy is recovering in a nearby hospital.

Israel

Walles was killed in what police call an attack by a Palestinian construction worker who allegedly used his backhoe to flip a bus.

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West Bank

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces (unseen) following a demonstration in support of Gaza after Friday prayers at the Hawara checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Aug. 8, 2014. Israeli warplanes pounded targets across Gaza, where two Palestinians were killed and militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel after renewed hostilities ended a fledgling three-day truce.

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France

Houses with half-timbered facades are seen in the old city of Rennes, western France, Aug. 5, 2014.

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China

Workers repair the road to Hongshiyan village in Baogulao township of Qiaojia county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province, Aug. 6, 2014.

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China

Rescuers laid out bodies in the streets after hundreds of people were killed by an earthquake in China, leaving the idyllic mountain landscape littered with scenes of devastation and sparking a huge rescue effort.

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Ohio

Several same-sex couples kiss after they were united in a commitment ceremony in Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2014.

Three judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati were set to hear arguments in six same-sex marriage fights from four states: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

Credit: Al Behrman/AP

Great Britain

A military fighter jet escorts a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester Airport in Manchester, England, Aug. 5, 2014.

Police said they arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed.

Credit: Matthew Cossar/AP

Ohio

Algae is seen near the city of Toledo water intake crib Aug. 3, 2014, in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio.

The 400,000 people in the region were instructed to avoid drinking tap water after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microcystin were above the standard for consumption, possibly because of the algae.

Toledo officials lifted the drinking-water ban Aug. 4, 2014.

Credit: Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP

Afghanistan

A NATO soldier opens fire in an apparent warning shot in the vicinity of journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2014.

A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire that same day on foreign troops at a military base, killing U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene.

Credit: Massoud Hossaini/AP

Delaware

An Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene Aug. 7, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., home to the nation's largest military mortuary.

Greene is the highest-ranked U.S. officer to be killed in combat since 1970 during the Vietnam War. Greene, a 34-year U.S. Army veteran, is also the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Credit: Evan Vucci/AP

Kentucky

Fans line the fourth fairway to watch Tiger Woods during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club Aug. 6, 2014, in Louisville, Ky.

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Panama

Pistols are displayed by police before their destruction in Panama City, Panama, Aug. 6, 2014.

Panama's police destroyed a hundred weapons handed over during the first month of the new government, most of them without a gun license and used in criminal activities.

Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela announced an amnesty to allow gang members surrender their weapons.

Credit: Arnulfo Franco/AP

West Africa

An electron micrograph of the Ebola virus is seen in this handout image from the Centers for Disease Control.

As the Ebola virus continues to spread across parts of Africa, a second American infected with the disease arrived in the U.S. for treatment Aug. 5, 2014.

Credit: Centers for Disease Control

Liberia

The lifeless body of a man lays unattended in the street as locals suspect him of dying from the deadly Ebola virus Aug. 5, 2014.

The government warned the public not to leave Ebola victims in the streets in the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia.

Credit: Abbas Dulleh/AP

Sierra Leone

Volunteers prepare to remove the bodies of people who were suspected of contracting Ebola and died in the community in the village of Pendebu, north of Kenema, Sierra Leone, Aug. 2 , 2014.

Hundreds of troops were deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia Aug. 4, 2014, to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus.

Credit: Tarik Jasarevic/WHO

India

A house cut off by monsoon floods is seen in Kendrapara district of eastern Orissa state, India, Aug.6, 2014.

The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the largely agrarian economies of South Asia, but every year also brings floods and landslides that kill thousands and submerge hundreds of villages.

Credit: Biswaranjan Rout/AP

India

Kanwarias, or devotees of Hindu god Lord Shiva, walk through the banks after filling their pots with the water from the river Ganga in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Aug. 4, 2014.

Hundreds of the Kanwarias carry holy water from the Ganga to their hometowns to be offered to Shivling (a symbol of Lord Shiva).

Credit: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

France

A worker installed in the nacelle looks at the lifting of the rotor hub of an E-70 wind turbine manufactured by German company Enercon for La Compagnie du Vent (GDF SUEZ Group) during its installation at a wind farm in Meneslies, Picardie region, July 31, 2014 (and published this week).

France announced in July a package of tax breaks and low-cost loans to improve insulation in buildings and boost investment in renewable energy, which is supposed to provide 40 percent of the country's electricity by 2030.

Credit: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

China

Muslim villagers attend a prayer service at a damaged mosque at the earthquake zone in Longtoushan, Ludian county, Zhaotong, Yunnan province, China, Aug. 6, 2014.

The death toll from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that hit Zhaotong Aug. 3, 2014, climbed to 589, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Credit: Reuters

China

A fisherman transports a dead whale shark after it was caught in a net in Yangzhi county, Fujian province, Aug. 1, 2014.

According to local media, the whale shark is five meters long and weighs over two tons.

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Russia

A tank drives through a water obstacle on the course of the Tank Biathlon World Championship in Alabino, outside Moscow, Aug. 4, 2014.

The tank competition, where teams compete in tests of driving and shooting, will for the first time bring together crews from 12 countries: Angola, Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kuwait, Mongolia, Russia and Serbia, local media reported.

Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Ukraine

Local residents cry and hug each other as they sit in a hospital basement being used as a bomb shelter after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 7, 2014.

Fighting in the rebel stronghold claimed more civilian casualties, bringing new calls from Russian nationalists for President Vladimir Putin to send in the army.

Credit: Sergei Grits/AP

Ukraine

Members of the Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Donbass" prepare to relocate to another base in the eastern Ukrainian town of Popasna Aug. 4, 2014.

Credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Ukraine

Tensions flared on Kiev's Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, when protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents.

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Nepal

A briefcase with a hidden gun belonging to security personnel is seen during India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala in Kathmandu Aug. 3, 2014.

Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

China

College students cool themselves inside an inflatable pool during the summer heat at their dormitory in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Aug. 5, 2014.

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Great Britain

People enjoy an artwork titled "Spectra" by Japanese visual artist Ryoji Ikeda during Lights Out as part of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I in London, England, Aug. 4, 2014.

Lights across Britain were switched off for an hour in a tribute to the dead of World War I, inspired by the prophetic observation of Britain's foreign minister on the eve of war 100 years ago. "Spectra" was expected to light up the London skyline for seven nights.

Credit: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Vietnam

Vietnam is celebrating the month-long festival of the hungry ghosts, also known as Vu Lan Festival, where many Taoists and Buddhists believe that the living are supposed to please the ghosts by offering them food and burning paper effigies of homes, maids and other daily items for spirits to use in the afterlife.

Credit: Kham/Reuters

Iowa

Louise, left, and Charles Worm get one of their sheep ready for judging at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines Aug. 7, 2014.

The fair is scheduled to run through Aug. 17, 2014.

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Georgia

A pedestrian walks through a downtown underpass as the midday sun casts shadows from overhead beams Aug. 7, 2014, in Atlanta.

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Hawaii

Clouds hang over Honolulu, seen from the top of Tanalus Drive, Aug. 7, 2014.

With Iselle, Hawaii took its first tropical storm hit in 22 years. Tracking close behind it was Hurricane Julio.

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Maryland

Fans try to grab the ball from New England Patriots wide receiver Derrick Johnson (#84) after he scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Washington Redskins during a preseason NFL game at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Aug. 7, 2014.